Frontier Airlines is peeling off another perk for its passengers — this time, however, the change only impacts its elite status members.

Ascent and Summit members received an e-mail today from Frontier’s senior vice president of commercial, Daniel Shurz, informing them that they will no longer be provided with complimentary in-flight TV beginning Aug. 1.

The consolation prize? A free premium beverage for Ascent members and a free snack box for Summit members.

This decision appears to contradict the airline’s recent fee-based changes, which for the most part were directed at its “less loyal” customers only looking for the cheapest airfare on a more sporadic basis.

On May 1, the Denver-based carrier sent a press release that said: “Frontier Airlines announces forthcoming changes to further reduce fares and to improve the travel experience for its most loyal customers…”

That release was referencing the carrier’s new, highly-publicized fees that certain customers would be charged for carry-on bags and in-flight beverages.

Readers on a popular aviation forum, flyertalk.com, are making note of the stark contrast that this poses to last week’s announcement that Frontier’s nemesis — Southwest Airlines — will now be offering free Dish TV to its passengers for a limited time.

“We are transitioning to a ULCC, so as we are doing that we are revisiting our product offerings and the cost associated with each service benefit we provide,” said Kate O’Malley, Frontier’s spokeswoman.

What is interesting from a cost-benefit perspective is that the airline is simply replacing one cost with another.

Frontier charges between $3-$8 for DIRECTV access, depending on the duration of the flight. However, the airline is now giving those passengers either a snackbox — which ranges between $6-$7 — or a premium beverages — which has a pricetag of $2.50-$8.

When asked if this was a sign that Frontier plans to eventually remove all of its in-flight entertainment systems, O’Malley responded, “I don’t think there are any plans of removing it entirely at this moment…but I would say that as we continue moving toward being an ULCC, we will be looking at everything.”

Emilie Rusch covers retail and commercial real estate for The Post. A Wisconsin native and Mizzou graduate, she moved to Colorado in 2012. Before that, she worked at a small daily newspaper in South Dakota. It's the one with Mount Rushmore.